Q20 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam

What is the purpose of a Pod Disruption Budget (PDB) in AKS?

  1. A Limits pod CPU/memory consumption
  2. B Ensures a minimum number of replicas remain available during voluntary disruptions like node upgrades (correct answer)
  3. C Controls network traffic between pods
  4. D Sets resource quotas per namespace

Shortcut: PDBs prevent too many pods from being unavailable simultaneously during voluntary disruptions (upgrades, node drains). They specify minAvailable or maxUnavailable constraints.